A long term collaboration between Grace Ferguson and Rudi Williams, Breath (2019-2022) is the development of a work, originally made as visuals to accompany Ferguson’s live performance at The Melbourne Recital Centre in 2019. The title Breath was chosen by Williams after listening to a live broadcast of Ferguson performing on the radio to notice how her breath intersected with her compositions, connecting the score to the ambient sounds in her immediate surroundings. This tension between the planned and practised and what remains out of control inspired the construction of the visuals for the initial version of Breath in 2019.
Breath (2019-2022) is an 18 minute track that includes the original voice memos recorded by Ferguson in 2019, followed by a recording made by Jesse Oberin in Ferguson’s bedroom in 2017, leading to a recording from Ferguson’s 2020 album Voler. To mirror this blend of high and low fidelity material, the film combines observations filmed on Super 8 and digital formats, constructed to move in and out of alignment with Ferguson’s combination of improvised and rehearsed recordings.
Initiated while Ferguson and Williams were living together in 2019 and 2020 Breath (2019-2022) is inspired by both artists’ daily rituals and routines. The film reflects on the atmosphere in their shared environment. To explore what it is to evolve beyond innate patterns to approach the unknown.
Featuring performances by Madeleine Mills, between 2019-2022 and Lilian Steiner, in 2022.
Supported by:
The City of Melbourne
Chapter House, Melbourne
With thanks to:
Artist Film Workshop, Grace Ferguson, Madeleine Mills, Memory Lab, Nano Lab, Lilian Steiner, Ziga Testen.
Breath
18 minute experimental film
A long term collaboration between Grace Ferguson and Rudi Williams, Breath (2019-2022) is the development of a work, originally made as visuals to accompany Ferguson’s live performance at The Melbourne Recital Centre in 2019. The title Breath was chosen by Williams after listening to a live broadcast of Ferguson performing on the radio to notice how her breath intersected with her compositions, connecting the score to the ambient sounds in her immediate surroundings. This tension between the planned and practised and what remains out of control inspired the construction of the visuals for the initial version of Breath in 2019.
Breath (2019-2022) is an 18 minute track that includes the original voice memos recorded by Ferguson in 2019, followed by a recording made by Jesse Oberin in Ferguson’s bedroom in 2017, leading to a recording from Ferguson’s 2020 album Voler. To mirror this blend of high and low fidelity material, the film combines observations filmed on Super 8 and digital formats, constructed to move in and out of alignment with Ferguson’s combination of improvised and rehearsed recordings.
Initiated while Ferguson and Williams were living together in 2019 and 2020 Breath (2019-2022) is inspired by both artists’ daily rituals and routines. The film reflects on the atmosphere in their shared environment. To explore what it is to evolve beyond innate patterns to approach the unknown.
Featuring performances by Madeleine Mills, between 2019-2022 and Lilian Steiner, in 2022.
With thanks to: